Nakamura Utaemon stage prop inrō and mythological ōnamazu giant catfish netsuke netsuke 歌舞伎 舞台 印籠 大鯰 根付 Kabuki no butai no inrō to ōnamazu no netsuke The main crest is easily identifiable as the Narikomoya Guild mon of Nakamura Utaemon though which generation actor it belonged to is unknown. 中村歌右衛門 初代の家紋 Nakamura Utaemon no Kamon (Actors crest) Narikomo-ya Gion Mamuri mon「成駒屋祇園守」紋 The symbol on the reverse side is much more difficult to identify and to date Waseda and Shochiku have been unable to identify it. It’s possible that the reverse could be a symbolic representation in the style of the bound rice sheaf or daki ine, 抱き稲, kamon. http://www.genbu.net/sinmon/ine.htm The dual crests of Nakamura Utaemon I show both crests http://www.myjapanesehanga.com/home/articles/kabuki-actor-crests-mon Nakamura Utaemon I was born in Kaga, an old temple town in the southern part of Ishikawa Province and the bound rice sheaf or daki ine, 抱き稲, is the symbol for the shrine there, the Iminami Jinja, 忌浪神社, which is shown at this link http://www.genbu.net/data/kaga/iminami_title.htm Reinforcing the links with Kaga, Nakamura Utaemon I is buried in Shinjo-ji Temple, 真成寺, in Kanazawa. It is quite possible that if the symbol on the reverse is s stylised bound rice sheaf or daki ine, 抱き稲, that it has been used as a way of honouring the historical origins of the Nakamura Utaemon line of actors.